Railway-crosstie



J. LEVE'NTRY. RAILWAY CROSSTIE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I8. 1919.

' 1,354,258. PatentedSeptQZS, 1920.

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Jose 0h Lei/645711- JOSEPH LEVENTRY, OF J OHNSTCfi/VN PENN$YLVANIA.

RAILWAY-CROSSTIE.

Application filed November 18- 1919.

T all whom 2'25 may concern 7 Be it known' that I, Josnrn LEVENTRY, a

V citizen of the United States, residing at 'Johnstown, in the-county of Cambria and State of. Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway- Crossties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in railway cross ties having novel means for gripping rails.

11 important object of this invention is to provide a railway tie having means whereby rails may be securely anchored to the tie without the necessity of employing rail spikes.

A further object ofthis' invention is. to

provide a rail tie including a pair of sections slidable with relation to each other and having upstanding flanges or lugs adapted to be brought into rigid engagement with the base andweb of the rail for securing the rail in position andfor bracing the same against rail spreading.

A further object of this invention is to' provide a rail tie having novel means for gripping and supporting rails of, various sizes without changing the construction of the tie.

A further object of this invention is to provide a rail tie which is of highly simplified construction, few in-parts and cheap to manufacture. I

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the followingdescription.

Inthe accompanying drawing forming a part of this application and in which like numerals are parts throughout the same, Y

Figure 1 is a. side elevation .of the. improved tie in use, a I

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3is agroup perspective of the base sections of'the tie, r Fig.4 is a perspective of a combined 5 wedge andbrace element embodied in the invention,

Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 4;

' In the drawing wherein for the purpose ofillustration'is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numerals. 10 and 11 designate a pair of metallic base sections slidable with relation to each other and Specification of Letters Patent.

employedto designate like Patented Sept. 28, 1920.

Serial No. 338,808.

outer end portions of the flanges 12 and 13 are recessed, as indicated at 16, for snugly receiving the base sections 17 of the rails. l lach base section is provided along its inner longitudinal edge and 'rearwardly of the upstanding flange of that section with an upstanding lug 18 which cooperates with the upstanding flange of the other section in securing the rail in-position. The inner portions of the upstanding lugs 18 are recessed, as indicated at 19, for receiving the outer portions of the rail bases 17. When the upstanding lugs 18 and the coacting flanges 12 and 13 are in engagement with the webs and bases of the rails, the rails are effectively braced and anchored to the tie so that spreading or bending of the rails is eliminated to a high degree.

As illustrated As particularly illustrated in Fig. 3. each base section is provided along its longitudinal edge in advance of each upstanding flange with an upstanding elongated bar or plate 20 which is extended beyond the adjacent end of the-base section and is bent upon itself in parallel relation to the tie section for forming an arm 21. In thus bending the upstanding elongated plate 20 a Ushaped member is provided for slidably receiving'the lug 18 of the other base section when the sections are arranged in the position illustrated in Fig.2. It will be noted with reference to F ig'. 2 that the rear end portion of each lug 18 is slidably received within the lug-receiving member of 22 is hammered downwardly, the adjacent lug 18 is forcedinto rigid engagement with the adjacent rail for securely engaging the same. The tapered forward end 23 of the key 22 increases the pressure on the lug as the key isforced downwardly and therefore the pressure exerted by the lugs .18 may be varied by properly positioning'the wedge. V The wedge 22 is formed from a single blank of metal having a transverse incision which provides bracing arms 24 bent downwardly on opposite sides of the body of the wedge and in parallel relation to the same for engaging the outer sides of the U-shaped lugreceiving member, whereby the lug-receiving member is'prevented from spreading when the wedge is applied. Obviously one depending'arm of each wedge is disposed in'advance of the other so that the free end portion of the arm 21 is effectively prevented from being bent away from the remaining portion of the elongated'plate 20.

When it is desired to anchor the rails to the tie, the base sections 10 and 11 are so positioned with relation to each other that a considerable space is provided between the adjacent ends of the lugs 18 and the sections 12 and 13. This permits of the arrangement ofthe rails between the ends of the lugs 18and the sections 12 and13 preparatory to bringing the lugs and the flanges into gripping engagement with the rails.

In so arrangingthe base sections, each lug 18 is positioned within the U-shaped lugreceiving member of the othersection and in spaced relation to the inner portion of the same. The wedge members 22 are-now inserted between the sides of the U-shaped lug-receiving members and are engaged with the rear ends ofthe lugs preparatory to forcing the sameinto rigid engagement with the rails. This inner movement of each lug 18 also forces the sections 12 and V 13 into rigid engagement with the inner sides of the rails since both the lugs and fiangesare rigidly associated with the basev sections. When thekeys 22 are hammered downwardly, thearms 24of the same engage, the outer sides of the Ushaped lug-receivingmcmb'ers whereby the same are prevented from w dening as the result of strain.

. The depending arms 24 of the wedges also facilitate the removal of the wedges when it'is desired to replace the rails or take up the same. f a 7 By thisconstruction therails are firmly anchored to I the tie without the necessity of employing spikes or bolts. 7

It is to be understood thatthe form of the invention herewith shown and described is to be, taken as a preferred example of the same andthat such minor changes in arrangement and construct on of parts may be made as'will remain Within the rspirlt of the invention and the scope of what is claimed. r

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is "1. A rail tie including a pair of base sections' arranged in parallel relation and slidable with relation to each other, a rail-engaging member carried by the intermediate portion of each base section and having a recess adapted for receiving the base of a rail, a second rail-engaging member carried by each base sectionrearwardly of the firstnamed rail-engaging member of that'section and cooperating with the first named rail-engaging member of the othersection for engaging a rail, a U-shaped membercarried by one end of each base section, and a wedge received within each U-sh'aped memstanding. flange carried by each base seotion, arlug carried by each base section in spaced relation to the flange of that section and coeperating with the flange of the other section for gripping a rail, a combined wedge andlug-receiving member carried by I each base section, and 'awedgereceived w1th1n each combined. wedge and lug-receivingmember and engaging the-rear end o1 the adjacent lug for forcing the same v and the cooperating flange intoengagement with a rail. r i V v 3. The combination witha pair of parallel base sections having intermediate upstanding flanges along theiriinner longitu dinal, edges,'said flanges having their op.-

posed sides flatly in contact, lugs carried 1' by said base sections and'cotiperating with said fian gesfor engaging'parallel rails. a wedge support carried by each base section and slidably receiving the adjacent lug, and a wedgc carried by each wedge support for forcing said'lugs and said flanges into rigid contact with said parallel rails.

4. The combination with a pair of base sections having means for engaging the inner and outer sides of parallel rails, of an upstanding plate carried by the: inner longitiidinal edge of each base section and'arvranged in U-shaped formatlon, a wedge adapted to be received between the sidesof v said plate for forcing said rail-engaging means into engagement with said rails, and

depending sides carried by said wedges and engaging the. outer sides of said U-shaped plates.

he combination with a pair of'base I a sections having means for engaging the inner and outer sides of a pair of parallel rails, of a U-shaped member arranged at one end of each base section and adapted for receiving certain of said rail-engaging means, Wedges adapted to be received Within said U-shaped members and having one end tapered for engaging the adjacent railengaging means, and depending arms carried by said Wedges and arranged on opposite sides of said U-shaped members for bracing the same.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOSEPH LEVENTRY. [1,. 5.] 

